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Rev. Bro. Oliver, D.D., Vicar Of Scopwick.
EEV . BEO . OLIVEE , D . D ., VICAE OF SCOPWICK .
We extract from the Zincolnshire Times the following gratifying address , which was presented the other day to Bev . Bro . Gr . Oliver , D . D , by his parishioners : —" . "We , " the undersigned , inhabitants of Scopwick , desire to sympathise with you on the infirmities whieh have induced you to retire from active duty , and to express pur sincere regret that such causes should exist to deprive us of a
superintendence which has operated so beneficially for the interests of religion in this village . The relations between the pastor and his flock have been so profitably sustained for nearly a quarter of a century , that the separation of our mutual interests must be deeply felt in our spiritual welfare . We cannot consistently with our duty as your attached parishioners allow you to retire from a charge which
you have exercised so faithfully on your own part , and so beneficially to us , without expressing the feelings of high respect and esteem that we have ever entertained towards you as a man , and also our sense of the unassuming quietness and fidelity by which your conduct has been so uniformly characterized in the discharge of those duties as a
parish priest , and ipimster of Grod ' s word . We entreat you , therefore , to accept our best wishes for future health and happiness in your retirement . " To this the Rev . Doctor replied : — " Grentlemen , — I can scarcely find words to express my satisfaction at receiving the address which your kindness has now offered for my acceptance . I have been the vicar of this parish , as you have truly stated , nearly a
quarter of a century , and during that long period I have laboured earnestly and assiduously to extend the influence of the Church , as the accredited expositor of true religion , and to improve the moral and social condition of my parishioners by the establishment of schools ; by preaching to them sound principles of religion ; and setting them an example of peace , quietness , and brotherly love . And I trust that under such a course of discipline the state of the
parish has been improved during my incumbency . "When I "took possession of the living there were no schools , no congregations , and no vicarage-house fit for a clergyman to reside in ; and now we have good congregations , a decent vicarage-house and premises , a dayschool with forty , and a Sunday-school with ninety children ; and you have recently been furnished with an opportunity of estimating the attainments they have made in Scripture history , the catechism ,
and the general doctrines of Christianity , by a public examination in the church on the Sabbath day . I thank you once more for this
public acknowledgment of your opinion , as it assures me that my services have not been either useless or unobserved , but that you have marked the progress of improvement which has attended my exertions , and bestowed on them the most valuable reward , in this very acceptable testimony of your approval . "
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Rev. Bro. Oliver, D.D., Vicar Of Scopwick.
EEV . BEO . OLIVEE , D . D ., VICAE OF SCOPWICK .
We extract from the Zincolnshire Times the following gratifying address , which was presented the other day to Bev . Bro . Gr . Oliver , D . D , by his parishioners : —" . "We , " the undersigned , inhabitants of Scopwick , desire to sympathise with you on the infirmities whieh have induced you to retire from active duty , and to express pur sincere regret that such causes should exist to deprive us of a
superintendence which has operated so beneficially for the interests of religion in this village . The relations between the pastor and his flock have been so profitably sustained for nearly a quarter of a century , that the separation of our mutual interests must be deeply felt in our spiritual welfare . We cannot consistently with our duty as your attached parishioners allow you to retire from a charge which
you have exercised so faithfully on your own part , and so beneficially to us , without expressing the feelings of high respect and esteem that we have ever entertained towards you as a man , and also our sense of the unassuming quietness and fidelity by which your conduct has been so uniformly characterized in the discharge of those duties as a
parish priest , and ipimster of Grod ' s word . We entreat you , therefore , to accept our best wishes for future health and happiness in your retirement . " To this the Rev . Doctor replied : — " Grentlemen , — I can scarcely find words to express my satisfaction at receiving the address which your kindness has now offered for my acceptance . I have been the vicar of this parish , as you have truly stated , nearly a
quarter of a century , and during that long period I have laboured earnestly and assiduously to extend the influence of the Church , as the accredited expositor of true religion , and to improve the moral and social condition of my parishioners by the establishment of schools ; by preaching to them sound principles of religion ; and setting them an example of peace , quietness , and brotherly love . And I trust that under such a course of discipline the state of the
parish has been improved during my incumbency . "When I "took possession of the living there were no schools , no congregations , and no vicarage-house fit for a clergyman to reside in ; and now we have good congregations , a decent vicarage-house and premises , a dayschool with forty , and a Sunday-school with ninety children ; and you have recently been furnished with an opportunity of estimating the attainments they have made in Scripture history , the catechism ,
and the general doctrines of Christianity , by a public examination in the church on the Sabbath day . I thank you once more for this
public acknowledgment of your opinion , as it assures me that my services have not been either useless or unobserved , but that you have marked the progress of improvement which has attended my exertions , and bestowed on them the most valuable reward , in this very acceptable testimony of your approval . "